The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-07-09
MINING NEWs.

Smoky ROAD, 1Or gOld. Last year
he found favorable indications and
number of assays made of the
rock found showed we'll in gold
and silver. He feels confident that
there is a ledge in that region some
where, and proposes to find it. He
has a fine outfit and is supplied
with all the necessaries to last him
during the season. Placer mining
was carried on in that locality for
a time, but the clean ups were not
sufficiently large to induce the
miners to continue the work.
J. c. Parker, now i'm Ketchum,
owns gold claim in Elk City dis
trict, sent four hundred pounds of
ore to San Francisco, which re-
turned him 1892 and one ounce of
platinum. Haggin & Tevis sent an
expert to look at the property and
an offer was made to purchase the
same. The views of the owner and
expert regarding the value of the
claim diverged so widely that no
sale was effected. The property
would certainly prove a valuable
one if the sample of the rock sent
to San Francisco was a fair speci-
men of the ore in the mine and the
small offer made proved no induce
ment to the holder to part with his
claim. Another sample lot of ore
has been sent, from which returns
are soon expected.
The owners of the Americas
claim::are jubilant over the discovery
of a fine pay streak in that mine,
which is said to be six inches in
width, and several assays made show
$500 ounces to the ton. The
Americas is owned by Sam. Allen,
w. II. Watt and Professor Jenney,
and lies opposite the Quaker City
mine. 1t is said that the owners
intend taking the machinery now
in place at the Parker mine and
erect the same on the Americas
ground. 1t is certainly to be hoped
that this strike will prove all that
it is reported to be.
The Queen of the Mountains
claim, on Boyle Mountain, has
been sold to Louisville, KY, par
ties, who have purchased eight
tenths of the property, the remain
der being secured by ketchum
parties. The new owners are all
men of capital, and should the
prospecting of the mine result ia
vorably the work of development
will be pushed rapidly forward.
The second bar Of the season
shipped by the Vienna Company
arrived on Wednesday and was
shipped by express to destination.
Its value was 1920.
Five bars Of bullion from the
Washington mine, Custer county,
were brought to town on Thursday
and sent to New York city by ex-
press. The bars were valued al
5000. Four tons of ore from the
same mine were also brought to
the sampling mill, which will aver
age $1,000 to the ton.
MINING NOTES.
The Ontario mill is working on
IRVINE ore, producing about twelve
tons of concentrates day. 1t will
require about one months run to
clean up the amount of ore from
this mine.
The ore from the Silver Greek
mine, near Bayhorse. has been re-
ceived at the sampling works
where it is being held for future
delivery.
The Buzzo mill has been shut
down after running through LOT
of ore from the Occidental mine
and small amount from a claim
on East Fork owned by Mrs. l.
Peters. w. l.. Ritchey has had
charge of the mill, and there is
some talk of changing the machin'
cry and establishing a sawmill.
Mr.. J. b. Harper is working the
Magnolia and Maggie Campbell 10.
cations, having two men employed
The claims lie on the Smoky di-
vide, this side of the Dollarhide
property, and give good indications
of becoming ore producers.
A car load of machinery for the
Charles Dickens mine arrived last
week and was started on the road
to final destination by the Ketchum
Fast Freight Line.
The roasting furnaces at the
smelling works are all at work.
The Ketchum Fast Freight Line
brought $4,000 pounds of bullion
from Bayhorse during the week.
Ore is being received more freely
at the sampling works. Two ship
ments a week of Carrie Leonard ore
amounting to about forty tons, are
being made. Twenty tons of ore
from the Ramshorn mine were
among the receipts during the
week. Small quantities from the
Elkhorn and other mines nearer
home are also being brought in.
C. II. Poppy of Challis has gone
to Muldoon to work upon mining